Design Options for Home Visiting Evaluation (DOHVE)

2010-2017

The Design Options for Home Visiting Evaluation (DOHVE) project supports the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program and includes two key components: (1) the development of design options for conducting a national evaluation of programs funded through the MIECHV Program (now completed); and (2) the provision of technical assistance (TA) to MIECHV grantees on (a) research and evaluation, (b) benchmarks, (c) data systems, and (d) continuous quality improvement.

The DOHVE contract was awarded to MDRC and its subcontractors James Bell Associates, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and a number of academic consultants.  DOHVE is led by ACF in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

A few selected DOHVE products are included below. To access all DOHVE TA resources, see http://www.jbassoc.com/reports-publications/dohve .

The point of contact is Nicole Denmark.

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